Class of Housing/Services: provides housing assistance, transitional day program, runaway service, street outreach
General Information:
Bridge Over Troubled Waters enables at-risk and homeless youth to achieve a healthy and productive adulthood through prevention, intervention and education services.
STREET OURTREACH Bridge Outreach workers reach out to young people in Boston at the Boston Common, Downtown Crossing, South Station, North Station, the Greenway, Copley Square, Chinatown, in Harvard Square and Central Square in Cambridge. On Tuesday from 5:00pm to 8:30pm visit homeless shelter including Pine St. Inn, Pilgrim, Shattuck, Woods-Mulen and Long Island.
RUNAWAY SERVICES Bridge Over Troubled Waters will response and assist adolescents wherever and whenever they call. Minors could stay at Bridge up to 72 hours without parental permission.
TRANSITIONAL DAY PROGRAM This program is for homeless young people that can get a hot meal, take a shower, do laundry, and obtain case manager services.
Website: http://www.bridgeotw.org
Helpful Definitions For Bridge Over Troubled Waters:
Emergency Homeless Shelters both provide short term relief for the homeless and low income persons. Usually there is a maximum stay of 3 months or less. Many of these shelters ask their clients to leave during the day. Meals and other supportive services are often offered. 3 times out of 5 these shelters offer their services free of charge.
How To Volunteer at Bridge Over Troubled Waters:
Be a volunteer. Call Bridge Over Troubled Waters at (617) 423-9575 for current volunteer work opportunities.
As A General Note About ShelterListings.org Listings:
ShelterListings.org does our best to provide listings that are free of cost. Many of the homeless shelters and services are free of charge. Some do charge small fees. We always urge the users of our website to visit the websites of the providers listed, OR give them a phone call to find out complete details.
In furtherance; Halfway Houses, Transitional Housing, and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers for the most part charge a fee. Most of the substance abuse resources we provide are low cost, Medicaid or sliding scale fee. We provide as much information as possible on the website of these locations.
Rooming and Boarding Houses do charge fees. We list them where we find them. They are a nice low cost option for housing.
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